If some industries exhibit increasing returns to scale in each country, we should not expect to see

A) intraindustry trade between countries.
B) perfect competition in these industries.
C) interindustry trade between countries.
D) Either B or C.


B

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If GDP grows more rapidly than population for a particular country over a period of time, then we can determine that

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